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Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin

(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)

Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding, Raghugarh, India, c.1700 (Museum No: LI118.34)
Angada delivers Rama's message to Ravanafront

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Angada delivers Rama's message to Ravana

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  • Description

    Few of the large scale paintings of the ‘Siege of Lanka’ series were ever completed. Its subject is Rama’s siege of Lanka, where his wife Sita had been imprisoned by the demon king Ravana in his golden fortress. In this partly finished work, the monkey prince Angada leaps across to the fort and delivers Rama’s ultimatum to Ravana. Rama and his monkey and bear allies watch from a hillside.

  • Details

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    Series
    Siege of Lanka
    Associated place
    Asia › India › north-west India › Punjab Hills › Himachal Pradesh › Guler (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1725
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 73.8 x 98.1 x 2.6 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 58.5 x 83 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › metal › gold
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.8

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 67 on p. 158, p. 19, illus. p. 159

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    • Returned to lender

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